What's so particular about slight cold?

The stress of slight cold lies in keeping warm.

With the gradual decrease of temperature, people began to wear heavy winter clothes to resist the cold. In this season, keeping warm has become the primary task of people's lives. In addition to adding clothes, people will also use various heating equipment, such as heating and electric heaters. To ensure the warmth and comfort of the room.

Slight cold is the fifth solar term in winter and the first solar term in season and winter. The arrival of slight cold marks the arrival of the coldest day of the year. The weather is already very cold, but it is not extremely cold, so it is called "slight cold".

As soon as the "slight cold" passed, it entered the "three nine days" of "three nine four nine ice walks". It is the middle of winter, and the cold is close to the extreme, which means that this year is coming to an end.

traditional custom

1, eating glutinous rice: In Guangzhou, Guangdong, Xiaohan has the custom of eating glutinous rice in the morning. People usually add fragrant rice to glutinous rice, which is what we often call "two meals". Glutinous rice means warm, and it is warm from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

2. Walking in the snow in Xun Mei: In the slight cold season, plum blossoms are in full bloom. In this cold season, plum appreciation has become an elegant taste. The ancients liked to take a walk in Xun Mei after the snow, enjoying the beautiful scenery of plum blossom and cold ling. Today, this custom still remains in some places.

3, eat Laba porridge: slight cold solar terms, just in the twelfth lunar month. During this period, many places in our country have the custom of boiling Laba porridge. Laba porridge is made of rice, red beans, peanuts, chestnuts and other ingredients, which means bumper harvest, auspiciousness and peace.